Parenthood: More than just juggling hearts and flowers!

When you have two working parents, and two children, there are many different things you have to try to balance. It’s not easy. It’s exhausting. It frequently requires a tag-team effort.

Yes, there are the meals that go uncooked, the house that goes uncleaned, and mass chaos but on top of that there are other considerations:

• Determining which of us is less likely to face career retribution from staying home or leaving early to take care of kids;
• Figuring out which one of us is actually more tired and frustrated (competitive self-pity);
• Delegation of triage procedures for toy-related injuries;
• Which series on the DVR to delete because we’ve never managed to catch up;
• Which children’s program is the least annoying;
• Setting a date and time to actually have a conversation not involving scheduling, kids, or finances…
  and the actually managing to do it;
• Locating and/or remembering what presents were hidden where and who they were for in the first place;
• Figuring out who gets to eat the treats we deny our children for health reasons (aka taking one for the team)!

Can you relate to any of this?  Parenthood:  a wonderful journey requiring frequent comedy breaks and a massive sense of humor!